Here’s a question I was asked recently by a subscriber… “Do I need to get a business license even if I am doing virtual bookkeeping or working online?” The short answer is yes. You should still get a business license if you will be running a business! But you will need to see what the ...
Do you feel like you’re working too hard for the fees your clients are paying you? Do you feel like you can’t actually live off of the rates new clients expect to pay in this competitive environment? The problem may not lie so much with what clients will pay, but more with the way you ...
The best way to get started is to come up with clear answers to these two questions: 1. WHY do you want to work as a freelance bookkeeper? 2. WHAT does a freelance bookkeeping business mean for you? There are no right or wrong answers here, but without these answers before you begin your business, ...
Now that tax season has passed, many bookkeepers (whether you do taxes or not) are seeing a bit of a slowdown and are looking for more clients. Others who haven’t started their freelance bookkeeping business yet, but are serious about getting their business off the ground are trying to figure out the best way to ...
If you are working virtually with your clients, you may have heard about the powerful and easy-to-use program called SmartVault. The following is a question sent in by a fellow freelance virtual bookkeeper regarding this type of online SaaS (software as a service) program and how you can use it to maximize your efficiency and ...